33rd Senate District
State of Wisconsin
May 9, 2001
The Honorable, The Senate:
As you are aware, Senator Farrow was sworn in as Lieutenant Governor today. She has resigned from the Senate and from her position as Assistant Minority Leader.
The Senate Republican Caucus has unanimously selected Senator Alan Lasee to fill the vacancy created by her resignation.
Please contact me with any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Mary Panzer
Senate Republican Leader
State of Wisconsin
Joint Legislative Council
May 8, 2001
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to transmit to you the following report to the 2001 Legislature on legislation introduced by the Joint Legislative Council.
RL 2001-05 Legislation on Dental Care Access
(2001 Senate Bill 166 and 2001 Assembly
Bill 366)
(2001 Senate Bill 167 and 2001 Assembly
Bill 367)
I would appreciate your including this letter in the Journal for the information of the membership. Additional copies of this report are available at the Legislative Council Staff offices, One East Main, Suite 401, or from our web page at
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lc/reports_by_topic.htm.
Sincerely,
Terry C. Anderson
Director
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Relating to clinical social work concentration and supervised clinical field training.
Submitted by Department of Regulation and Licensing.
Report received from Agency, May 8, 2001.
Referred to committee on Human Services and Aging, May 10, 2001
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Relating to the natural resources board policy on wetlands preservation, protection, restoration and management.
Submitted by Department of Natural Resources.
Report received from Agency, May 8, 2001.
Referred to committee on Environmental Resources,
May 10, 2001.
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The committee on Environmental Resources reports and recommends:
Relating to licensing commercial fishers on Lake Michigan.
No action taken.
Jim Baumgart
Chairperson
The committee on Universities, Housing, and Government Operations reports and recommends:
Relating to the regulation of professional boxing.
No action taken.
Mark Meyer
Chairperson
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By John A. Scocos, chief clerk.
Mr. President:
I am directed to inform you that the Assembly has passted and asks concurrence in:
Assembly Bill 1
Assembly Bill 50
Assembly Bill 154
Assembly Bill 171
Assembly Bill 290
Assembly Bill 341
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Assembly Bill
1
Relating to: limitations on state appropriations from general purpose revenue.
By Representatives Wieckert, Krawczyk, Pettis, F. Lasee, Starzyk, Lippert, Grothman, Hundertmark, Suder, Friske, Skindrud, Montgomery, Owens, Jensen, Kestell and McCormick; cosponsored by Senators Darling and Welch.
Read first time and referred to committee on Universities, Housing, and Government Operations.
Assembly Bill
50
Relating to: requiring certain school boards and districts to provide Internet management software or services on computers connected to the Internet.
By Representatives Huebsch, Pettis, Ainsworth, Albers, Gunderson, Gundrum, Kedzie, Krawczyk, Ladwig, F. Lasee, Leibham, Lippert, Petrowski, Starzyk, Stone, Suder, Urban and Vrakas.
Read first time and referred to committee on Education.
Assembly Bill
154
Relating to: requiring headlamps and other required lamps on a school bus to be lighted whenever the school bus is operated on a highway.
By Representatives Pettis, Lippert, Olsen, Krawczyk, Ryba, Musser, McCormick, Owens, Johnsrud, Seratti, Townsend, Miller and Kreuser; cosponsored by Senators Grobschmidt and George.
Read first time and referred to committee on Insurance, Tourism, and Transportation.
Assembly Bill
171
Relating to: mandatory operating privilege suspension for certain firearms offenses and bomb scares involving school premises.
By Representatives Leibham, Kestell, Starzyk, Rhoades, Suder, Gard, Gronemus, Gunderson, Powers, Sykora, Albers, Townsend, Stone and Jeskewitz; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Welch and Rosenzweig.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Consumer Affairs, and Campaign Finance Reform.
Assembly Bill
290
Relating to: prohibiting the installation of a previously deployed or an otherwise nonfunctional airbag and providing a penalty.
By Representatives J. Fitzgerald, Suder, Berceau, Starzyk, Freese, Ryba, Krawczyk, Seratti, Townsend, McCormick, Olsen, Gunderson, Powers, Ainsworth, Nass, Grothman, Ott, Sykora, Wade, Vrakas and Petrowski; cosponsored by Senators Erpenbach, Schultz, M. Meyer, Roessler, Hansen and S. Fitzgerald.
Read first time and referred to committee on Insurance, Tourism, and Transportation.
Assembly Bill
341
Relating to: a hotline in the department of justice for the reporting of information regarding dangerous weapons in public schools.
By Representatives Krawczyk, McCormick, Morris-Tatum, Suder, Montgomery, Walker, Musser, Kedzie, Huebsch, Loeffelholz, Freese, Gunderson, Ott, Ladwig, Urban, Friske, Ryba, Ainsworth, Vrakas, Wade, Pettis, Seratti, Stone, Gronemus, Lippert, Petrowski, Jensen, Townsend, Jeskewitz, Sykora, Hundertmark, Kreibich, Leibham and Owens; cosponsored by Senator Darling
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Consumer Affairs, and Campaign Finance Reform.
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Senator Risser, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate adjourn pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.
Adjourned.
10:01 A.M.
